Optimism about the future of highways worldwide abounded at the inaugural European Road Infrastructure Conference (ERIC) in Leeds, UK. Around 500 delegates passed through the varied sessions during the three-day event at the Royal Armouries Museum in the northern English city of Leeds. They came away with many visions of what a motorway and road could look like. But what speakers at the event - co-organised by the Brussels-based European Union Road Federation (ERF) and the UK’s Road Safety Markings Associat
The association’s new web portal will share equipment theft information with the UK’s National Construction & Agricultural Theft Team (NCATT) and the Construction and Agricultural Equipment Security & Registration Scheme (CESAR).
LiuGong Machinery Europe and Construction Plant & Machinery Sales (CPMS) have signed an official dealership agreement authorising CPMS to provide sales and after-sales support in southern England for the entire LiuGong portfolio. Established more than 40 years ago, CPMS has its own repair workshop, parts warehouse and experienced mechanics to provide support and routine maintenance to its customer base. The company also has a depot in London to cater for customers in the greater London area. “We are delight
UK-based Milton Keynes Council is to borrow €64 million (£50 million) for a new road repair programme to tackle the city’s “decaying" roads and pavements. The 1960’s new town, which is located about an hour’s drive north of London, has approved a plan which includes more than €27 million (£21 million) for vital road repair work, €18 million (£14 million) to tackle its ageing bridges and more than €9 million (£7 million) to restore the council’s pavement and footpath network.
